X-53mph Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 This is an old track that I'm thinking of rereleasing. I no longer have the project files thanks to a hard drive incident, so I can only work on the master. I've tried to clean it up a bit, eq it, give it a bit of a vintage feel, but what you hear is what you get. It's meant to be quite full on intense - think early Swervedriver or Dinosaur Jnr All feedback appreciated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 This is great, Philip. Good luck with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve@baselines.com Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Good song Philip. You should consider building it up from scratch. I know, a lot of work, but you will probably always wish you did. Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bush Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Yeah love the vocal rythum I think its good as it is but with a good mix it could be much better once again loved the vocals break was also good cheers P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack c. Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 like it.jack c. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Sounds good to me. I have some old songs that I've redone, but since I wasn't very diligent about saving the tracks or noting which vst/fx settings were used, the songs came out very different from the original. Which is okay but you always think it's supposed to sound like the original. -Bjorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajan Blue Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Hi Philip - I like this a lot - as others have said, you could take this up quite a few notches by re-recording. But I do like it as it is Cool Nigel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-53mph Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 Big thank you to everyone who took the time to listen. Amazingly I found an old backup of the original Sonar session. I need to substitute some of the effects and VSTs but I've got it back to more or less the same sound. However, the earlier track was a radio unfriendly 6 minutes long ? so I'm gonna make a long play version and put it up here soon. In an age of 30 second Tic Tonk musicians, I'm gonna go long play ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-53mph Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 (edited) I went back to an older version and reworked it. More Punch to the drums and Bass for example. I'm still going for that 90s guitar sound of SwerveDriver. Let me know what you'all think. This version is over 6 minutes. Reminds me of when I released my second single back in 2002. It was over 5 minutes long and still the DJs on XFM played it despite its length. Never give up. Never compromise. Edited March 13, 2022 by Philip G Hunt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonoBrainer Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 I listened to both versions, and the song is catchy with a nifty hook on that palm mutey guitar line. The second version is really getting there but you might get that snare breathing a bit more somehow. I think it's wonderful how you are unburying this song and giving it new life. Very cool indeed. cheers, -Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-53mph Posted March 12, 2022 Author Share Posted March 12, 2022 3 hours ago, PhonoBrainer said: I listened to both versions, and the song is catchy with a nifty hook on that palm mutey guitar line. The second version is really getting there but you might get that snare breathing a bit more somehow. I think it's wonderful how you are unburying this song and giving it new life. Very cool indeed. cheers, -Tom Thanks mate. Do you have any ideas on how to make the snare breath more? What if I passed it through an app such as Air? Thanks for the encouragement. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonoBrainer Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 (edited) Yeah sorry, not a very super specific or useful observation I made! Breathing, as in a bit more upper end eq boosts to add some natural higher frequencies. But it totally matters what snare you are starting with. Is it a live recorded snare? If so you may not have a lot of good upper frequencies to work with. In that case you can play around with adding a clap sample when each snare hits, adding mostly just the upper eq of the clap hit (season to taste). If it's a sample from some drum vst, you might be able to swap that sample out for another that has more sparkle up yonder. Of course if you dig the snare as is, that's easier! ? I was hearing a cool rockabilly/ska vibe and those songs can have some crack on the snare sometimes. Cool tune, looking forward to hearing where it goes . . . Edited March 12, 2022 by PhonoBrainer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-53mph Posted March 12, 2022 Author Share Posted March 12, 2022 6 hours ago, PhonoBrainer said: Yeah sorry, not a very super specific or useful observation I made! Breathing, as in a bit more upper end eq boosts to add some natural higher frequencies. But it totally matters what snare you are starting with. Is it a live recorded snare? If so you may not have a lot of good upper frequencies to work with. In that case you can play around with adding a clap sample when each snare hits, adding mostly just the upper eq of the clap hit (season to taste). If it's a sample from some drum vst, you might be able to swap that sample out for another that has more sparkle up yonder. Of course if you dig the snare as is, that's easier! ? I was hearing a cool rockabilly/ska vibe and those songs can have some crack on the snare sometimes. Cool tune, looking forward to hearing where it goes . . . How about this mix? I've used some heavy drummer destroying stuff from WA Productions. The drums aren't live. And they're not sampled. Would you believe me if I told you that they are from Sonar version 6? I think it's Session Drummer 1 or 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Really cool track Phillip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackson white Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 nice, the update to the snare was a nice difference to my ears, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 I'm liking the (2022) long mix. Way improved over the original. The snare in ver2 isn't working for me. Just my nickel98 here Phillip; your song, your production... t 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-53mph Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, DeeringAmps said: I'm liking the (2022) long mix. Way improved over the original. The snare in ver2 isn't working for me. Just my nickel98 here Phillip; your song, your production... t Oh no! because the Ver 2 mix is the one that has gone off to Radio and for streaming. *fingers crossed* Edited March 17, 2022 by Philip G Hunt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 let us know how it does, ok? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwnicholson78 Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Great song. I liked the original and the new mix definitely took it to the next level. I personally preferred the first snare to the second, but either way, it's an awesome tune. Jeff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-53mph Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) Picking my son up from a school trip just in time for him to hear his dad's song being played on radio. A good day. ?? And it sounded *****ing awesome on radio too. Edited March 28, 2022 by Philip G Hunt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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